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Apparatus for Fifimg Cigarettes.

Patented Dec 27, 1864.

Phamulhn n mr, Wauhimm n. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EZECHEL BERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPARATUS FOR FILLING CIGARETTES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 45.575, datedDecember-27, 1864.

To (alt whmft it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EZECHEL BERG, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, haveinvented a new and Improved Apparatus for Filling(.ligarettes; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull,clear, and exact dcseription of the same, reference being had to theaccompanyingdrawings, making part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an easy and quick means forfilling the paper tubes or wrappers of cigarettes, especially those ofthe cigarettos upon which I obtained a patcut on 2d of August, 1864.

My invention consists, first, in the employment or use of a sieve and aframe or moldcarrier, which I term, respectively, a hopper and a packer,so arranged that the one feeds the tobacco into the paper tubes orwrappers, and the other, by means of its oscillating motion, settles itdown and packs it sufficiently, so that the paper tubes, having beensubjected to their action, are ready to be withdrawn and have their endsfolded in,whieh completes the process of the manufacture of thecigaretto.

My invention consists, secondly, in the construction of a mold orreceptacle for holding the paper tubes while being filled, and alsoproviding for their ready withdrawal after they ha re been filled.

Toenable others to make and use my invention, T will proceed to describeits construction ai .d operation, reference being had to the aocom;anying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of my invention,a piece being broken out of the side of the cigarelteholder to show thearrangement of the tubes and the position of the cigarettes while beingfilled. Fig. 2 is a top view of the mold or paper-tube holder. Fig. 8 isa bot tom view of the same.

A represents the table upon which it is de signed to arrange theapparatus. I have represented a table, though in practice I arrange aseries of the apparatus on a counter.

13 represents the mold carrier or packer, as I term it. It is arrangedto swing upon journals a, which have their bearings in the standards 0,and its distance from the table is just sufficient to allow its ends tostrike upon the same at every downward oscillation. The

effect of this is to settle the tobacco in the paper tubes or wrappers,and it accomplishes it perfectly. as the jar can be regulated as desiredby simply pressing harder or lighter on the handles a. is made with anopen bottom, so that any surplus tobaeeo falling from the hopper I) maypass through it and deposit itself in asuitable receptacle, from whichit can be removed with out. waste. A drawer. E, is shown in the drawingsfor this purpose. and a hole or opening corresponding with it in size ismade in the table.

D is the hopper. suitably mounted on an arm, I), proceeding from thetable, and it is arranged to swing directly over the packer B. It has aperforated or sieve-like bottom.

0 c are cords connecting thehopper with the packer, so that when motionis given to the packer it is communicated to the hopper, thus giving toit an oscillating motion correspond ing to that of the packer.

F is the mold or receptacle for holding the paper tubes during theoperation of filling. It is made of a depth corresponding to the lengthof the cigarettes or cigarettes it is desired to make. It is formed byconnecting together by solder or otherwise a number ofmctal tubes,d (I.Fig. 2, ofsufiicient size to receive the paper tubes to beiilled. Thesemetal tubes extend about half the depth of the receptacle F, as shown inFig. 1, that being suflicient stay or support for the paper tubes whilebeing filled. Making them of this length facilitates the removal of thecigarette, which are shown by the letters g 9, Fig. 1. To the bottom ofthis mold or receptacle F is fitted a door, 3-. (See Fig. 3.) lhis dooris made of wire-netting or perforated metal, and is arranged so that itwill drop down on the removal of the boltf, and thus expose the closedends of the cigarettes, or those having the mouth-piece. Thus an easyaccess to the cigarettes is provided, so that they can be withdrawn forthe purpose of folding in the end intended for lighting. Waking themetal tubes but half the length of the mold leaves a space between eachciga rctte,as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and insures a moreready-withdrawal of the cigarettes either singly or several at a time.Having the door G perforated allows any waste tobacco passing through anunfilled metal This mold carrier or packer B tube, for instance, to passinto the packer, from whence it descends to the drawer E, and is thuspreserved in a clean state.

The operation of filling the cigar'ettos is as follows: The paper tubesor wrappers having the mouth-pieces fitted in one end are dropped (thatend downward) into the tubes of the receptacle F, andthey immediatelysink down until the said end rests upon the bottom or.

door G of the receptacle F. The several tubes (1 having been thusfilled, the mold or receptacle F is placed in the sieve or packer B inthe position shown in Fig. 1. A quantity of better and more evenlyfilling the cigarette wrappers or tubes. The packing is accomplished byforcibly striking the ends of the packer B upon the table A as it isbeing oscillated. Allsurplus tobacco thrown over the sides of the moldor receptacle passes through the packer B down into the drawer, and itis but very little that falls upon the table.

I have constructed several of the machines according to myinvention,as'herein described, and have them in use in my manufactory,and I find that they do the work forwhich they are intended ina mostperfect and satisfactory manner, and by their useone man is enabled todo the work which would otherwise have to be performed by several handsin order to make the; cigarettos as rapidly as demanded.

I do not confine myself to the particular arrangement herein shown anddescribed; nor do I confine myself to a metal 'mold or receptacle,forwood or any other material could be made to answer the purpose; and so,indeed,

could the tubes be made of any length.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The employment or use of the packer B and hopper D, constructed andarranged so as to operate substantially in the manner and forthe purposeherein specified.

2. The mold or receptacle F, constructed substantiallyin the mannerherein shown and described.

EZEOHEL BERG.

Witnesses:

M. M. LIVINGSTON, P. B. LIEBMANY.

